Date: 05/05/2009

Dear Jan Cosgrove

Re: Freedom of Information Request No 1207

Thank you for your request dated 19/04/2009 for the following information:

There are eight questions to this request as follows:

(1) What was the total expenditure of the Council on leisure and recreation in 2007/08?

(2) What was the total expenditure on children's play services and facilities in the same year for those aged under 16 years?

(3) What amount of this came from either Big Lottery and/or Central Government funding?

(4) What was the estimated population of the authority area in the same year?

(5) What was the total estimated population aged under 16 years in the same year?

(6) If available, what proportion of use of leisure centres and recreation facilities was by children aged under 16 years in the same period?

(7) If appropriate, what was the % use of Libraries run by the authority by children aged under 16 in the same period?

(8) If appropriate, in the years from its introduction what has been the expenditure by the authority under Section 508 of the Education Act 1996, and what proportion went to voluntary agencies?

Section 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act requires that we process your application within 20 working days of the date we received your request, therefore we will respond to you by 18/05/2009. If we are unable to meet this deadline we will inform you of this and the reasons why.

If the information is already available to you through the Council's publication scheme we will advise you of this. We will advise you whether we hold the information you have requested and if you are able to access it. In some cases where exclusions apply we will not be able to provide you with the information you have requested. If we are unable to provide the information you request we will contact you and inform you of the reasons why. In some cases there may be a charge for the information you have requested. We will keep charges to a minimum and will inform you as soon as possible of any charges that apply.

If you are unhappy with the Council's response you can make a complaint via the Council's complaints procedures and this will be looked into. If you are not happy with that response, you may then appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

Geraldine Vallis

Freedom of Information Coordinator

Telephone (01375) 652438

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